​​​​ILO and ITU are leading the Digital Skills for Decent Jobs Campaign as part of the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth in order to foster decent and inclusive employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.Training in- and out-of-school youth with basic and advanced digital skills promises to connect young people with unprecedented job opportunities in the digital economy, leading to innovation, higher productivity and competitiveness, expanding markets, access to work and entrepreneurship opportunities. The digital skills needed to succeed in the digital economy include:

Basic digital skills: related to the effective use of technology, necessary in most professions. They include web research, online communication, use of professional online platforms and digital financial services;

Soft skills: skills necessary to all professionals to ensure collaborative and effective work in the digital economy. They include leadership, communication and teamwork skills, client-orientation, among others.

Objectives

Bring digital skills training to five million young people around the world by 2030 to equip them with job-ready, transferable digital skills;

Encourage the creation of new job opportunities in order to integrate more young women and men in the labour market and help digital economies flourish;

Promote an enabling environment where youth can seize the employment and entrepreneurship opportunities offered by the growing digital economy.

Ways to contribute

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​​Ministers of ICT, Labour and Education, national governments, the private sector, training providers, Academia, NGOs, other members of the UN family as well as other interested parties are actively encouraged to participate: